May 5, 2009
Posted: May 5th, 2009 11:31 AM ET
From CNN's Sarah Parker (CNN) - Former Florida Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio announced Tuesday he will run for Senate in 2010. In a video released on his campaign website Tuesday, the attorney from Miami declared his candidacy, maintaing his run for Mel Martinez's vacant Senate seat will not "be a campaign against anyone, nor will it be a campaign against anything." "This is a campaign for the kind of ideas that will change our country for the better," Rubio says citing tax reform and a balanced budget amendment. "Let's be frank, neither Republicans nor Democrats have been able to control runaway government spending." Florida Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a bid, and Rep. Kendrick Meek and state Sen. Dan Gelber, both Democrats from the Miami-Dade area, have announced their candidacy. Rubio acknowledges the potential competition in his video. "I know that there are people who are more famous than I who may enter this race and I know that the President of the United States himself will travel to Florida to campaign and raise money against me," the Florida lawyer says. "But nothing in life worth doing is easy and I believe that this is worth doing." Florida Sen. Mel Martinez announced in December he will not seek reelection in 2010. Filed under: Charlie Crist Florida Marco Rubio Mel Martinez Senate
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